CLIMATE 



It is unfortunate that the Worcester temperature was taken at a 

 different hour from those of Malvern and Birmingham, so as to make 

 any comparison quite impossible and useless, but it will be seen that 

 Malvern is warmer than Birmingham, It seems hardly worth giving 

 the other temperatures for all three places, but the figures for Malvern 

 and Birmingham will enable a good idea to be formed of the temperature 

 of the two sides of the county. 



The mean monthly maximum temperature at Malvern and Birming- 

 ham is as follows — 



The minimum temperature at Worcester and Birmingham is as 

 follows — 



So far as is known there are no observations as to the earth tem- 

 perature in Worcestershire, but some observations on the temperature 

 of the river Severn have been taken which give the monthly mean 

 temperature of that river near Worcester at 9 a.m. — 



It will be observed that the temperature, as would be expected, is 

 slightly lower than that of the air. When the tideway is reached the 

 temperature falls considerably, and is subjected to much greater fluctua- 

 tion. But there is no doubt that the comparatively high temperature 

 the above figures show is due to two causes, both of which are to some 

 extent exceptional : (i) the dry weather reducing considerably the 

 volume of water, causes, especially in the summer months, the tempera- 

 ture to rise ; and (2) the absence of freshets also tends to keep up the 

 temperature, as the large mass of cold water caused the river to be at 



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